[RFC] Policy change for ChangeLog

[Thomas Bushnell BSG]

Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> writes:

> Personally, I like being able to grep through the changelog in order
> to see, e.g. whether a particular change made it into a particular
> release.  I suppose I can always redirect the log/status command into
> a file and grep it there.

People who must use and manipulate the sources after they have been
distributed definitely want ChangeLogs.

Also, I would note that a ChangeLog satisfies the GPL's
modification-notice requirement, and an undistributed svn log does
not.

Thomas